New Jerusalem Baptist Church
New Jerusalem Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1924 Central Avenue in East St. Louis, IL 62207. It is one of 21 churches in East St. Louis, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
1924 Central Avenue, East St. Louis, IL, 62207New Jerusalem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,419 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around New Jerusalem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 100.0%
- Obesity: 52.0%
- Food Insecurity: 43.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.5%
- Poverty Rate: 30.6% (14.3–47.0%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.3%
- Diabetes: 23.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (0.5–14.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.
Churches near New Jerusalem Baptist Church
- Christ Is the Rock Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Illinois Southeast Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction — 0.1 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Greater Liberty Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Shiloh AME Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Israelite Spiritual Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethlehem Healing Temple Church — 0.3 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Bread of Life Christian Center — 0.4 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Christ Is the Rock Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
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